Short Circuit Calculation

Transformer F.L.A.

Type: 3F
kVA 1000
I FLA3 
Rated Power: 3000 kVA ELL  3
Rated Voltage (Sec.): 600 V
FLA: 2886.84 A kVA 1000
I FLA1 
ELL
Multiplier

Z Transformer: 7.5 %
100
Multiplier: 13.33 Multiplier 
%Z
Short-circuit current

Isc: 38491.15 A
I SC  I FLA  Multiplier
"f" factor

Fault type: 3F 3  L  I SC
Conductor type: Cu f3 
Conductor Size: 500 kcmil
C  n  ELL
Conductor configuration: Three Single Conductor
Type of installation: Nonmagnetic 2  L  I SC
Insulation level: 600 V f1 _ LL 
"C" factor: 26706 C  n  ELL
Length of conductor (L): 903 f
Conductors per fase (n): 3
2  L  I SC
"f" factor: 1.2523 f1 _ Ln 
C  n  ELn
"M" Multiplier

M: 0.4439867443 1
M
1 f
Symetrical short circuit current (RMS)

Isc.sym.RMS = 17089.56 A I SC .sym.RMS  I SC  M

 TABLE 4
Copper
AWG Three single conductor
or Steel Nonmagnetic
kcmil 600 V 5 kV 15 kV 600 V 5 kV 15 kV
14 389 - - 389 - -
12 617 - - 617 - -
10 981 - - 982 - -
8 1557 1551 - 1559 1555 -
6 2425 2406 2389 2430 2418 2407
4 3806 3751 3696 3826 3789 3753
3 4774 4674 4577 4811 4745 4679
2 5907 5736 5574 6044 5926 5809
1 7293 7029 6759 7493 7307 7109
1/0 8925 8544 7973 9317 9034 8590
2/0 10755 10062 9390 11424 10878 10319
3/0 12844 11804 11022 13923 13048 12360
4/0 15082 13606 12543 16673 15351 14347
250 16483 14925 13644 18594 17121 15866
300 18177 16293 14769 20868 18975 17409
350 19704 17385 15678 22737 20526 18672
400 20566 18235 16366 24297 21786 19731
500 22185 19172 17492 26706 23277 21330
600 22965 20567 17962 28033 25204 22097
750 24137 21387 18889 29735 26453 23408
1000 25278 22539 19923 31491 28083 24887
Aluminum
14 237 - - 237 - -
12 376 - - 376 - -
10 599 - - 599 - -
8 951 950 - 952 951 -
6 1481 1476 1472 1482 1479 1476
4 2346 2333 2319 2350 2342 2333
3 2952 2928 2904 2961 2945 2929
2 3713 3670 3626 3730 3702 3673
1 4645 4575 4498 4678 4632 4580
1/0 5777 5670 5493 5838 5766 5646
2/0 7187 6968 6733 7301 7153 6986
3/0 8826 8467 8163 9110 8851 8627
4/0 10741 10167 9700 11174 10749 10387
250 12122 11460 10849 12862 12343 11847
300 13910 13009 12193 14923 14183 13492
350 15484 14280 13288 16813 15858 14955
 400 16671 15355 14188 18506 17321 16234
500 18756 16828 15657 21391 19503 18315
600 20093 18428 16484 23451 21718 19635
750 21766 19685 17686 25976 23702 21437
1000 23478 21235 19006 28779 26109 23482
ABLE 4
Three-conductor cable
Steel Nonmagnetic
600 V 5 kV 15 kV 600 V 5 kV 15 kV
389 - - 389 - -
617 - - 617 - -
982 - - 982 - -
1559 1557 - 1560 1558 -
2431 2425 2415 2433 2428 2421
3830 3812 3779 3838 3823 3798
4820 4785 4726 4833 4803 4762
5989 5930 5828 6087 6023 5958
7454 7365 7189 7579 7507 7364
9210 9086 8708 9473 9373 9053
11245 11045 10500 11703 11529 11053
13656 13333 12613 14410 14119 13462
16392 15890 14813 17483 17020 16013
18311 17851 16466 19779 19352 18001
20617 20052 18319 22525 21938 20163
22646 21914 19821 24904 24126 21982
24253 23372 21042 26916 26044 23518
26980 25449 23126 30096 28712 25916
28752 27975 24897 32154 31258 27766
31051 30024 26933 34605 33315 29735
33864 32689 29320 37197 35749 31959

237 - - 237 - -
376 - - 376 - -
599 - - 599 - -
952 951 - 952 952 -
1482 1480 1478 1482 1481 1479
2351 2347 2339 2353 2350 2344
2963 2955 2941 2966 2959 2949
3734 3719 3693 3740 3725 3709
4686 4664 4618 4699 4682 4646
5852 5820 5717 5876 5852 5771
7327 7271 7109 7373 7329 7202
9077 8981 8751 9243 9164 8977
11185 11022 10642 11409 11277 10969
12797 12636 12115 13236 13106 12661
14917 14698 13973 15495 15300 14659
16795 16490 15541 17635 17352 16501
18462 18064 16921 19588 19244 18154
21395 20607 19314 23018 22381 20978
23633 23196 21349 25708 25244 23295
26432 25790 23750 29036 28262 25976
29865 29049 26608 32938 31920 29135
 Plug-In Feeder High Impedance
Ampacity Copper Aluminum Copper Aluminum Copper
225 28700
400 38900
600 41000
800 46100
1000 69400
1200 94300
1350 119000
1600 129900
2000 142900
2500 143800
3000 144900
4000 -